Final Exam Review Pathophysiology

What does the nervous system do?

• Pumps blood from your heart to your body

• Carries messages back and forth between your brand and the rest of your body

• Breaks up food

• Secrete hormones.

What does the cerebrum control?

• Memory, language, and thoughts.

• Heartbeat, swallowing, and blinking.

• Coughing and sneezing

• Standing, running, waving, and speaking.

What does the cerebellum control?

• involuntary muscle movement

• voluntary muscle movement

• thoughts, speech, memory

• none of the above.

The spinal cord is.....

• The command center of the nervous system

• The body's message and control center

• A long bundle of neurons that sends messages to and from the brain and all parts of the body.

• All of the above.

What is the Peripheral Nervous System consist of?

• The brain

• The spinal Cord

• The nerves that connect the CNS to all parts of the body.

• All of the above.

And injury to the spinal cord can lead to paralysis.

• True

• False

What structure is bright blue and located at bottom of the brain and controls the information sent between brain and rest of the body?

• Cerebrum

• Cerebellum

• Brain Stem

Select the VOLUNTARY action.

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Select the INVOLUNTARY action.

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Which part of the brain controls vital functions such as breathing and heart rate?

• Diencephalon
• Frontal Lobe
• Brain Stem
• Cerebellum